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copied!<p>I hope this hasn't been asked yet, since I couldn't find it. I am attempting to get a user's username and password for an online service. I created a username TextView and a password TextView. I'm able to get text out of the username TextView without problems. However, I can't get anything from the password TextView. Below is the XML:</p> <pre><code><TextView android:id="@+id/user_password" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" android:layout_marginTop="8dp" android:text="@string/passcodeQuery" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" /> <EditText android:id="@+id/editText2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="8dp" android:layout_marginRight="8dp" android:layout_marginTop="8dp" android:hint="@string/passwordHint" android:inputType="textPassword" /> </code></pre> <p>The problem is, if I run the code </p> <pre><code>TextView passField = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.user_password); </code></pre> <p>then </p> <pre><code>String toastMessage = "Password: " + passField.getText().toString(); </code></pre> <p>No matter what I put into the password field, the toast message gives me </p> <pre><code>Password: Password </code></pre> <p>I obviously won't be toasting the users password normally, I am just doing it now because I want to make sure I'm reading the inputs correctly. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case, as I can't read the password field. How do you get around that? Ton's of apps seem to be able to do it. Is there an easier way to get a password than what I'm doing?</p>

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